There's a technique to beating level 6: Move far to the right and stay centered vertically. As an obstacle approaches, pull back (move left). That will give you enough time to move slightly up or down to avoid the obstacle. Return to center and back to the right as soon as possible.

I reach the boss at level 6 but then I died and I have not reached it no the next 2 minutes, so I quit...It has very good powerups, but the green balls aren't very useful and bullets shooted from nowhere are a little bit weird :pVery good game. This year will be hard to be top something

Very very well done. Genuinely enjoyable game. I love all the overdone aspects of it, the dramatic squareness intro, the huge powerup upgrades, the massive number of ships (especially that one giant grid room, loved that part). Boss battles are actually pretty unique, and there are really some challenging stuff that you can't just rely on twitch shooting and dodging. You have to time yourself carefully and actually influence the enemies shots by your movements. Also clever how you made the entire game out of enemies, even the terrain =) interesting way to deal with the multiple enemies AND add turrets. Nicely done.

Completely agree with all here that this is a fantastic game, but it also did somethign else for me. It made me remember what is actually going on in the shmup kind of games. Meaning, by not being distracted by all of the "candy" you see what is really happeneing (e.g. patterns, projectiles, movement, etc.) You know, that would actually make for some great teaching tutorials. Kind of a "Peel back the skin" sort of thing.

This is a great game, incredible in its simplicity. The gameplay is unbelievable, so much that the graphics are irrelevant - and even then, the graphics are more than good enough.

My only suggestion - maybe the powerups past 5 might create a shield instead of the green ball (the ball looks really cool and all, but is useless 95% of the time). Each shield might absorb 1 shot or deflect one collision or something.

Definitely one of the top 5 games ever.

Edit: I finally finished it. Very good. However, I was killed right as I killed the last boss, but still got credit for beating the level and thus the game. Not sure if this is the way you want it to be.

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